Well-bucket.



E. H TAYLOR.

WELL BUCKET.

APPLICATION man APR. 10, I916.

Patented Apr. 24, 191?.

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UNITED gTATES PATENT @FFIQE.

EWING H. TAYLOR, OF FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO J. A. AUSBROOKS, THREE-EIGI-I'lI-IS T0 L. W. ALEXANDER, AND ONE-EIGHTH TO JOHN M. CULLUM, ALL OF FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE.

WELL-BUCKET.

Application filedApril 10, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EWING H. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at F ayetteville, in the county of Lincoln, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veil-Buckets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to well buckets which are especially adapted for use in recovering water from drilled wells.

The primary object of the invention is to so construct the bucket that it will readily sink a sufficient depth in the water to permit of the bucket being filled and to so further construct the bucket that when filled, it may be withdrawn from the well without leakage I of the water from the bucket. To these ends,

one characteristic of the invention consists in constructing the bucket with a bottom having an opening and with a valve adapted to assume a position permitting the water to enter the bucket through the opening when the bucket is being sunk, and constituting a closure for said opening when the bucket is being raised; and further to provide a shielding surface suspended from the bucket and adapted to underlie the valve when in open position to prevent the water from on erting a closing movement on the valve when the bucket is slnkin'g.

As heretofore practised, well buckets of this general type have proven impracticable, in that, they cannot be readily sunk, as the resistance of the water on the valve when the bucket is sinking, will cause the valve to assume a closed position, but, as proposed by the present invention this impracticable feature will be obviated by providing a shielding surface for preventing the valve from being acted on by the resistance of the water.

The accompanying drawing illustrates two embodiments of the device which may be effectively used to render buckets of this character. practicable.

In said drawing:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bucket constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same embodiment on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Serial NO. 90,221.

Fig. 3 is also a sectional view of a like embodiment on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4c is a side view partly in section of a modified embodiment, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the modified bottom thereof is constructed with an opening, such as 2, which is provided in the axis of an annular ring 3, positioned preferably near the lower end of the bucket. When the bucket has been sunk and filled, a suitable valve, such as 4:, is employed to close the opening 2; said valve being closed by the act of raising the bucket from the well, it being connected to and actuated by a valve rod 5 having a. suitable eye 6, to which a raising or lowering cable or the like is attached.

The valve 790?" 86 preferably comprises a flat disk of suflicient diameter to cover the opening 2, but preferably of a smaller diameter than the annular ring 3.

A suitable washer 7 may be used to effect a tight closure and prevent leakage. In order to enable the valve disk 4 and the washer 7 to properly seat against the annular ring 3 and effect the desired tight closure of the opening 2, the valve is connected to the rod 5 by a swivel which comprises the staple 8, carried by the valve, having an opening in which the valve rod is received, and suitable sleeve 9, secured on the end of the valve rod by the cotter pin 10. This connection will permit the staple 8 to properly guide the valve to its seated position, as well as to allow the valve a sufiicient play. A staple, such as 11, which is carried by the annular ring 3 and through which the valve rod passes, is employed as a guide for the valve rod. The opening in the top of the bucket is preferably constructed with a transverse guide member 12, for the rod 5. It also provides a stop against which he bucket is adapted to 60 the eye 6 will abut when the valve is open, and prevents the valve from being accidentally displaced from the bucket. In order to prevent the water from exerting a closing movement of the valve when the bucket is sinking, a suitable disk 13 is suspended by the strap 14: directly beneath the valve. This disk 13 is of a greater diameter than the valve, and will properly protect the same against accidental closing, thereby permitting the water to have an uninterrupted passage through the opening 2 and into the bucket. In the modified embodiment, the same valuable results are achieved, but in place of providing a disk for protecting the valve, the bucket in this instance, is constructed with a closed end, such as 15, which underlies the valve; suitable elongated openings 16 being cut in the sides of the bucket above its closed end allow the water to pass into the bucket when it is sinking.

I claim 1. A well bucket having an opening provided near the bottom thereof, a-valve adapt-- ed to assume a position permitting water to enter the bucket through the opening when the bucket is being sunk, and constituting a closure for said opening when the bucket is being raised, said bucket embody.- ing in its construction a shielding surface underlying the valve when in open position, and adapted to prevent the water from eX- erting a closing movement on the valve when the bucket is sinking.

2. A well bucket having an opening provided near the bottom thereof, a valve adapt: ed to assume a position permitting water to enter the bucket through the opening when the bucket is being sunk, and constituting a closure for said opening when the bucket 1s being raised, said bucket embodying in its construction a shielding surface underlying the valve when in open position, and adapted to prevent the water from exerting a closing movement on the valve when the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the bucket is sinking, said shielding surface having a diameter greater than that of the valve.

3. A well bucket having a bottom provided with an opening, a valve adapted to assume a position permitting water to enter the bucket through the opening when the bucket is being sunk, and constituting a closure for said opening when the bucket is being raised, said bucket embodying in its construction a shielding surface underlying the valve when in open position and adapted to prevent the water from exerting a closing movement on the valve when the bucket is sinking, said valve comprising a disk iaving a rod slidably mounted in the bucket and adapted to receive a cable for lowering and raising the bucket in the well, and said shielding surface comprising a. disk suspended from the bottom of the bucket and having a diameter greater than that of the valve.

4. A well bucket having a bottom provided with an opening, a valve adapted to assume a position permitting water to enter the bucket through the opening when the bucket is being sunk, and constituting a closure for said opening when the bucket is being raised, said bucket embodying in its construction a shielding surface underlying the valve when in open position, and adapted to prevent the water from exerting a closing movement on the valve when the bucket is sinking, said valve comprising a disk and having a swivel connection to a rod, said rod being slidably mounted in the bucket and adapted to receive a cable for lowering and raising the bucket in the well, and said shielding surface comprising a disk suspended from the bottom of the bucket, and having a diameter greater than that of the valve.

The foregoing specification signed at Fayetteville, Tennessee, this 23rd day of March,

EWING H. TAYLOR.

Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. O. 

